Paint-dispensing can



F. 1. LARSON.

PAINT DISPENSING CAN. APPLICATION FILED AuG.31.1917.

Patented Dec. 2,1919.

Qwwmtoz FRANK J". LARSON, OF SPRINGBBOCK, WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 31,1917. Serial No. 189,140.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. LARSON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Springbrook, in the county of Washburn and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint- Dispensing Cans, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention relates to improvements in dispensing cans and it is the dominant object of the invention to provide a paint dispensing can having a fountain brush connected thereto and adapted to receive its supply of paint from the can, thereby eliminating the continual clipping of the brush into paint and preventing considerable waste.

Another and equally important object of the invention is to provide the can with a fluid forcing piston, which piston has a screened opening formed thereln for strainingthe paint or other coating fluid poured thereinto, thus preventing the clogging of the can.

Among other aims and objects of the in- ;vention may be recited, the provision of a as J can of the character mentioned with a view are appended to the specification and which form an essential part-of the same.

" The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through the improved can; and

Fig. 2' is a horizontal se'ction therethroughi Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Having more-particular reference to the drawings, 1 represents the paint dispensing can having an openin formed adjacent the bottom thereof, whic opening is engaged by'oneendofa flexible conduit 2, the said conduit extending upwardly adjacent the side of the can and being secured thereto by a bracket A cover 4 is provided for the can and carries a handle 5 thereon,

-whereby the placing or removing of the paint and allowing the can to properly func tion at all times. A screw threaded nut 8 is arranged adjacent the opening in the piston and is adapted to have turned'into engagement therewith a complementally screw threaded closure cap 9. 0 enable the user to move thepiston 6 upwardly to an Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

inoperative position, a handle 10 is pivotally engaged with the sanie, while hooks 11 are loosely engaged with the oppositeportions thereof and are adapted to be engaged with other hooks 12 immovably arranged upon the inner sides of the can 1. I

Engaged with the under side of the piston 6 through the medium of brackets 13 is a contractile coiled spring 14, the lower convolution of which is engaged by set screws 15 which are passed through the lower portion of the can into engagement therewith. By so connecting the piston 6, it will be readily understood that. a downward pull is normally exerted thereon, and such fluid as is arranged beneath the same will be forced through the outlet opening and the conduit 2.

A brush 16 having a hollow handle and a plurality of longitudinal channels formed in the head thereof communicatin with said hollow handle-and opening into t e bristles of the brush is provided. lhe handle of the brush 16 at its end 17 is suitably connected with the end 18 of the conduit 2. To permit the passage of paint through the brush to be controlled at will by the operator, a'valve 19 is arranged therein.

Upon one side of the can 1, a hook 20 is arranged and serves as means for supporting the can upon a rung of a ladder or other suitable supports. In operation, when filling. the can, the cpver a is removed and the piston 6" pulled upwardly whereupon the hasps 11 are engaged with hooks 12 arranged therein. With the piston in that position, the closure cap 9 is removed and paint poured through the opening formed in the piston, the screen '7 thoroughly straining the same and preventing the passage of clod into the can When filled, the closure at is replaced subsequent to the disengaging of the hasps or hooks 11 With the hooks 12. The spring 14 will normally exert a downward pull on the piston 6, and as hereinbefore stated, cause the forcing of the paint from the can through the conduit 2 onto the bristles of the brush. By reason of the flexible connection to the can, the brush can be readily worked back and forth over an object being coated.

lt'lanifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification and such modification as is Within the scope of my claims, I consider Within the spirlt of my invention. v I

I claim 1. In a device of the character described,

a receptacle having an outlet opening a receptacle having an outlet opening formed adjacent its bottom, a piston having an opening movably arranged in the receptacle, a

strainer arranged over said opening, a cap for cltising the opening at times, means for normally moving, said piston downwardly in the receptacle, and other means arranged adjacent the upper end of the receptacle and V engageable with the piston for maintalning the same in raised position.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

rRAnK J. Mason. 

